Nowadays on Windows 7, if I have no mouse on my computer I just press Win Button+->+Enter:

This makes my computer shutdown without needing to use a mouse. However, on Windows 8, I need the mouse to open that charms menu on the right side of the screen, open the "Settings" tab -> "Power" -> Then choose for "Shut down", "Sleep" or "Restart":

There is some keyboard shortcut to open these shutdown options on Windows 8 or another other way to do this without a mouse?

perhaps set your power settings to have the power button on your machine shutdown the computer when pressed? just a thought.
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AndreApr 3 '12 at 18:47

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Not enough reputation to answer, but here it is. Shutdown: Win+X, U, U. Restart: Win+X, U, R. Modify the last letter, based on the displayed submenu, for other functions such as sleep. Simple.
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Jordan MorrisJan 5 '14 at 1:06

Unreliable. If you have desktop applications open, you will end up closing them instead. Shutdown: Win+X, U, U. Restart: Win+X, U, R. Modify the last letter, based on the displayed submenu, for other functions such as sleep.
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Jordan MorrisJan 5 '14 at 1:07

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@Saber: This is to shut down from the desktop, not Modern UI. If you’re in a M. UI window, press Win+D twice. Apart from that, please go ahead and post that as your own answer. =)
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minitechJan 5 '14 at 1:52

The easy, Win8-only way: Press Win+i, use the arrow keys to pick Power then enter.

The way that works even on NT 4: You can use the Win+R shortcut to open the "Run" dialogue. Windows has a builtin program, shutdown.exe, which can be used to shutdown (duh), logoff or reboot the computer. shutdown -r -t 0 will immediately start a reboot; shutdown -s -t 0 will immediately start a shutdown. See the output of shutdown /? to know the rest of the options.

W8 does not have a start menu, so no it wont work.
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MoabApr 3 '12 at 14:45

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The metro interface however can't locate shutdown when you type it there (0 results for Apps, 2 for Settings (just normal powercfg.cpl things), 5 results for files (which is in source code I have locally)). You can, however, input shutdown -r -t 0 in there and it'll work (tested with shutdown -r -t 60 and shutdown -a).
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KovenskyApr 4 '12 at 16:51

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Win + I brings you directly to the settings bar.
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AndreaApr 5 '12 at 12:08

This answer requires 14 keystrokes just to shut the computer down (11 if you use Win+I). In XP it was 3 keystrokes, in Win7 it was 3 or 4. Win+D, Alt+F4 is too awkward. Is there no easy way to shut down anymore?
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LukeNov 22 '12 at 21:38

Welcome to Super User! Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.
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Canadian LukeSep 5 '12 at 17:48

More details might help. For one thing what does this program actually do? What's it based off? Could we have a better source link than a filelocker - some folk have issues with them, and if the link goes down, this answer is useless. The password protected rar also makes it harder for people to check the file without unzipping it.
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Journeyman Geek♦Oct 24 '12 at 1:26

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Hotfile? No. A password? No. Put it on Sourceforge.net and it might be received better...
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TannerOct 24 '12 at 1:37

Options by default

Using the Windows 8 settings bar

Press Win+I, use the arrow keys to pick Power then Enter. Choose Shutdown or Restart then Enter.

(8 steps: Win+I, End, Up, Right, Enter, Up, Up, Enter)

Using the shutdown dialog, and hiding all programs

Pressing Alt+F4 closes most Windows programs. If you hide all programs first with Win+D, and activate the Desktop, Alt+F4 brings up the close Windows dialog.
If you are in the Metro interface part of Windows 8, you must press Win+D one more time.

(3 or 4 steps: Win+D[, Win+D], Alt+F4, Enter)

Using the Run dialog

Since Windows XP you can use the Win+R shortcut to open the "Run" dialogue. Windows has a builtin program, shutdown.exe, which can be used to shutdown, logoff or reboot the computer. shutdown -r -t 0 will immediately start a reboot; shutdown -s -t 0 will immediately start a shutdown. See the output of shutdown /? to know the rest of the options. Commands like shutdown.exe -s -t 0 can also be typed or pasted and then executed in the Start screen.

(2 steps if previously and last used command: Win+R, Enter)

Using the Lock screen

You can press Win+L to access the Lock screen. There you can press Shift+Tab to highlight the power button, press Enter and you can select shutdown or reboot with the arrow buttons and then press Enter. You must wait a little before pressing Tab.

You can press win+i to directly bring up settings menu, you can do this at desktop or metro screen. Then just click on Power to reboot or shutdown (or use your keyboard's direction key to move the focus to Power and hit Enter). This is probably the fastest path to the power button, without writing your own script.